Macoy asked “Tacho” Somoza, who does control Nicaragua, just what part of the story wasn’t true. “Oh, that stuff about me getting some money to pay somebody.

Delegates of Nicaragua's Nationalist Liberal Party convened in the steamy town of León one day last week and, as usual, picked portly, genial President Anastasio Somoza, for 22 years ...

Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega takes his third shot at Nicaragua's presidency on Sunday. Ortega helped lead a socialist revolution that overthrew the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza in 1979. He ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The Nicaraguan government organized rallies and festivities Monday to mark the anniversary of the July 19, 1979, revolution that overthrew dictator Anastasio Somoza ...

Nicaraguan students campaign against government, 1944 In 1936, Anastasio Somoza was elected president of Nicaragua. He ran under the the Liberal Nationalist Party, or PLN. He was elected with broad ...

In Costa Rica, a handful of the 40,000-odd Nicaraguan fugitives from the dictatorship of General Anastasio Somoza decided to go home to make a revolution. Led by General Alfredo Noguera Gomez, they ...

The Nicaraguan government organized events Monday to mark the anniversary of the revolution that overthrew dictator Anastasio Somoza. But with most opposition leaders jailed, many Nicaraguans say ...